Medicine feeding device



Dec. 26, 1939. J. gg oi s 2,184,857

MEDICINE FEEDING DEVI CE Filed April 27, 1939 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Q Patented Dec. 26, 1939 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE A 1 Claim.

The present invention is generally concerned with medicine applicators and is more particularly directed to medicine feeding devices. The dominant object of the invention is realizedin the provision of a simplified but functionally and structurally improved medicine feeding device comprising a dished receptacle for initially storing liquid medicine and including a posterior but relatively elongated channeled and attenuated 3 trough or chute for directing the flow of medicine from the receptacle or bowl directly to the esophagus of the user and thereby precluding the medicine from coming into contact with the taste glands of the mouth. As a further object l.'= the invention comprehends the provision of a serviceable medicine feeding device having means to guard the flow of medicine to prevent such flow from reaching the teeth of the mouth. The invention has as a further and important object the provision of novel medicine feeding means adapted in part to be lightly sustained by the dorsal part of the tongue of the mouth and having means to directly guard the flow of medicine to the esophagus.

With the above and other important objects, advantages, features, and aspects in view and readily apparent from the teachings of the present disclosure, the invention further resides in the details of construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter more specifically pointed out in the following detailed description considered in connection with the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. l is a perspective view of the medicine feeding device according to my invention and showing the posterior and arcuate portion thereof li htly seated on the dorsal part of the tongue of the user and guarding the flow of medicine directly from the communicating basin or bowl to the esophagus.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the medicine feeding device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the medicine feeding device, and Fig. 4 is a sectional view on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

Illustrative of the embodiment disclosed, the medicine feeding device is generally denoted l9 and comprises a one piece member having an anterior medicine liquid receptacle in the form of a concavo-convex bowl or dish ll and a posterior or rearwardly extending liquid carrier guard broadly denoted l2 which is integral with the body of the bowl.

5 As illustrated the guard comprises a longitudinally disposed channel or chute i3 communicat-' ing directly with the basin or chamber of the receptacle II and is co-extensive with the length of the body of the attenuated guard. This guard has an arcuate contour and terminates in the lat- 5 e'rally extending curved lips M forming a part of the laterally extending and curved and inclined flanges l5 which are integral with the body of the medicine receiving bowl I I.

As a commentary in respect to the utilization 10 of the present feeding device according to the invention the bowl is first supplied with a charge of liquid medicine and the posterior upwardly and downwardly curved guard I2 is located lightly on the tongue and shifted to position, lips M ad- 5 jacent the entrance of the esophagus.

It will be observed that although the downwardly curving reduced or attenuated guard is seated lightly onthe dorsal part of the tongue, the laterally extending and inclined flanges I5 530 constitute means to prevent slippage of the liquid medicine out of the trough at a time when the bowl is slightly tilted upwardly for automatically directing-the flow of the medicine into the channel i3 of the trough or guard l2 and from 2*"; the latter directly into the esophagus. Hence it will be appreciated that with the novel feeding device in accordance with the present invention,

medicine may be directly fed into the esophagus I without however coming into intimate contact 30 with the taste buds or blands of the mouth and concomitantly precluding injury to the enamel structure of the teeth by reason of any chemical action of the medicine in that the medicine is continuously confined during its passage of flow 35 in the trough or depressed means i2 as is well understood from the teachings of the present disclosure. The herein disclosed feeding device may be of any suitable material, for example; relatively heavy paper, relatively thin cardboard, or 43 of an appropriate metal and for purposes of specification, the part of the trough l2 adjacent the bowl may be considered as expanded or flared while the terminal part of the trough may be considered as reduced or restricted although the 45 channeled portion of the guard may be considered as beaded means serving also to reinforce the body of the guard. I While the invention has been specifically described in detail, it is to be understood that it 50 v is not limited to specific details herein described but is capable-of other adaptations and modifications within the scope of the appended claim.

I claim:

In a medicine feeding device, a one piece memc5 ber comprising an elongated body having an anterior bowl shaped portion and a posterior arcuate guard integral with said portion and provided with laterally extending and inclined flanges and including a longitudinally and medially arranged channel communicating with said bowl and substantially coextensive with the length of said guard, said guard oiilprising an expanded por tion adjacent said bowl shaped portion and including a downwardly and rearwardly curved terminal restricted portion provided with arcuate lips contiguous to the posterior terminal portion 5 of said guard.

JULIA DOROZINSKI. 

